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When many voters in the 72nd state Assembly District went to bed Tuesday night, they did not know whom their representative would be come January.

With the last precinct -- the Adams County town of Preston -- reporting its numbers at about 2:30 a.m. today, incumbent state Rep. Scott Krug, R-Rome, won his re-election bid against challenger Justin Pluess, D-Wisconsin Rapids, by 114 votes, according to the unofficial tallies.

Krug garnered 14,126 votes, or about 50.2 percent, compared to 14,012 ballots cast, or about 49.8 percent, for Pluess, according to unofficial vote tallies. Local ...